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Our Right to Fix
03-22-2017, 11:06
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Our Right to Fix
Folks,

Here's an article from Motherboard: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/artic...n-firmware that illustrates the mess manufacturer's are getting consumers into with their license agreements, warranties, and unauthorized repair stance. Farmers are forbidden from repairing their own tractors; JD wants to control the equipment even after it's been purchased. JD can remotely shutdown tractors for violations, so the Farmers are going to Eastern Europe for hacked software that allows them to work on their tractors! Who wants to buy new products that are locked by the manufacturer? This is one of the big drivers of open source hardware and software. One commenter said, "we need an open source tractor", just as we motorcoach owners need field serviceable and owner maintainable products in our motorcoaches. Again, this is what leads me to declare and work toward our Trace SW Inverter as the "open source" inverter platform for our buses.
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05-19-2017, 09:19 (This post was last modified: 05-19-2017 10:53 by travelite.)
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RE: Our Right to Fix
Article from "Motherboard"

"Lobbying records in New York state show that Apple, Verizon, and the tech industry's largest trade organizations are opposing a bill that would make it easier for consumers and independent companies to repair your electronics. The bill, called the "Fair Repair Act," would require electronics companies to sell replacement parts and tools to the general public, would prohibit "software locks" that restrict repairs, and in many cases would require companies to make repair guides available to the public. Apple and other tech giants have been suspected of opposing the legislation in many of the 11 states where similar bills have been introduced, but New York's robust lobbying disclosure laws have made information about which companies are hiring lobbyists and what bills they're spending money on public record. According to New York State's Joint Commission on Public Ethics, Apple, Verizon, Toyota, the printer company Lexmark, heavy machinery company Caterpillar, phone insurance company Asurion, and medical device company Medtronic have spent money lobbying against the Fair Repair Act this year. The Consumer Technology Association, which represents thousands of electronics manufacturers, is also lobbying against the bill. The records show that companies and organizations lobbying against right to repair legislation spent $366,634 to retain lobbyists in the state between January and April of this year. Thus far, the Digital Right to Repair Coalition -- which is generally made up of independent repair shops with several employees -- is the only organization publicly lobbying for the legislation. It has spent $5,042 on the effort, according to the records.r".

Here's what we're missing out on. This guy went to China to collect parts to build his own IPhone. Look at this thriving economy, the skills and knowledge gained, and the sharing by everyone involved in the phone industry in China. Companies in the US lock US citizens out of this and it's at our own peril:




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